Interesting, I wonder why were so many litigation efforts attacking RIM/BlackBerry’s IP in the US…? many attempts to shut down their service, etc. You may find more details on this at:
Article at the Economist.com
I might be biassed and I’m not saying that MSFT might have pushed this case forward but now it’s seen a Blackberry’s competitor:
Microsoft sends a message to BlackBerry: Report – Feb. 13, 2006